Question: My overheating very predominantly comes on in the early hours of the morning; every morning Grrrrrr. I am not sweating. My skin doesn’t feel excessively overheated except where insulated by the mattress. I took my temperature once and found it to be normal.
Ambient temperature is a catalyst but not really a cause. Hot summer nights (say 20 degrees plus celcius) mean the heating comes on earlier and is more persistent than say single figure temperatures.When the heating comes on (between 1 am – 6 am typically) I can get up and lie on a cold leather couch with a sheet only then swap to a different leather couch etc etc. The cold leather dissipates the heat after a while and by swapping I can keep the surface cold. I do all sorts of things to dissipate the heat.The sleep deprivation is distressing and it’s every night. It’s about heat but it also has a discomfort a bit like “pins and needles” or a bit like a rough sandpaper being against the skin but not moving. It’s a discomfort more than a pain. The issue is in the torso of the body and upper arms mainly. It’s like I need to jump into a fridge for a while then I can get back to sleep.When I go to bed I am normal but I know what’s coming and it’s like the tide it always comes. So let’s hear what advances we can make because this seems to be uncommon and my doc has yet to come up with anything to relieve the symptoms.